Door and gate hanger.



H. TODD.

DOOR AND GATE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 190e.

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H. TODD.

DOOR AND ,GATE HANGER.

APIfLIoATIoN FILED MAY 15, 190s.

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HUGH TODD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DOOR AND GATE HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH TODD, of the city of Toronto, in the county ofYork, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Door and Gate Hangers, of which the following isthe specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door and gate hangers and theobject of the invention is to devise a strong, durable and efficienthanger for a door or the like, which will always insure of the doormoving evenly and without liability of jamming and in whilch the use ofdrags is entirely dispensed wit i.

A further object is to provide a ready means for adjusting the uprightedge of the door, so that it will be in the vertical position when inworking order, and also a ready means to adjust the door to the properheight above the floor.

To effect these ends I construct my invention in the manner which Ishall presently describe in reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l, is a perspective view of a sliding door hung on my improvedhangers. F ig. 2, is a vertical section. Fig. 3, is a cross section ofthe door showing the means of attaching one set of the hangers thereto.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

The hangers shown in the drawings are made, of course, on an exaggeratedscale as compared with the door for the purpose of clearly illustratingthe parts involved in my invention.

A is the door.

B is a bracket secured on the partition above the door.

C is a lever pivoted in a bracket.

E is a screw spindle provided with a forked upper end, which ispivotally connected to one end of the lever C. The lower end of thescrew spindle extends freely through a bracket E and is provided withnuts E2 and E3 above and below the bracket by which the lever C may beadjusted.

F is a bar having a forked upper end pivotally connected to the end ofthe lever C.

G is a screw spindle having a forked end pivotally connected to the armF. The screw spindle Gr extends through a bracket Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application led May 15, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27', 1908.

Serial No. 433,112.

Gr and has nuts Gand G3 at each side of the bracket G', whereby theposition of the arm F may be adjusted.

H is a reverse L-shaped arm pivotally connected at the top to the bottomof the arm Fand at the bottom to an arm I, which is held on the end ofthe stub arbor J journaled in bearings J attached to the door. The stubarbor J has a socket into which fits a stub arbor J 2 journaled inbearings J 3 at the opposite side of the door and to which is connectedan arm I, which is connected to a similar arm to the arm II at theopposite side of the door. I only use one arm I-I and its co-actingparts in doors or gates of light construction, but where the door isheavy I preferably use the parts referred to in duplicate, one on eachside of the door.

K is a lever and K is a bar connected to one end of the lever, suchlever and arm being constructed and adjusted in the exact manner inwhich the lever C and bar F are constructed and adjusted.

L is a rod pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm K at the topand at the bottom pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm M,which is secured on the arbor M j ournaled in suitable bearings in theplates N and N secured to the rear edge of the door A.

M2 is a rod connecting the end of the arm M and rod L to the ends of thearms I and H, the connections being pivotal connections.

O is an arm secured in the end of the arbor O.

P and P are gear wheels secured on the ends of the arbors O and M, suchgears meshing with each other, so as to cause the arms O and M to movein unison.

O*2 is a rod pivotally connected to the upper end of the arm O and atthe bottom end pivotally connected in the slot O3 in the bar Ot. The barO4 is as shown in the drawing particularly Fig. 2, at one side of thedoor and is supported to slide on tracks O5 forming part of the plate O3located in the channel @7 (see Fig'. 2).

OS is an adj usting screw spindle, which tends through a hole in the barO4 and is provided with a nut O9 by which the bar may be adjustedvertically on the tracks O5. The plate is provided with a slot 2 toallow of the longitudinal movement of the screw spindle nected at oneend between lugsOl,1 attached.

to the bar O4 and at the opposite end extends through a lug O12 attachedto the plate O Adjusting nuts Q13 and O14 are provided at each side ofthe lug O1?. The top and bottom of the door are p rovidedgwi-th guidinggrooves A and A2 formed of T- shaped angle bars with the grooveoutermost. y 3 is an upperplat'ehaving rollers 4 journaled in spindles 5evtendingithrough the same, the rollers being separated by strips 6, thediameter of the rollers being ofcourse wider than the width of thestrips. The rollers run in the grooves A. A p

7 is a bar secured to the sill and havinga series of rollers Sjournaledwonpinsin'the bar, such rollers being separated vby vstrips 9secured to the bar and of less width than the diameter of the rollers.rlhe rollers S run inthe grooves A2. It will be seen by these guidinggrooves and rollers that I, provide against any lateral swing of thedoor during its backward and forwardmovement. v

By adjusting the bar Of and the levers C and K as hereinbefore describedthe `door may be raised or lowered to anyVV desired height in relationyto the guiding rollers 4 and 8, so that it will move evenly in relationthereto and by adjusting the b ars F and K the set of theoperatingelevers and may be altered so as to insure of the edge of thedoor being in the vertical position and .thereby also insure the propermovement of the door and grooves thereof at the top and bottom inrelation to the. guiding rollers 4 and 8. ln fact my door bythearrangement of levers and adjusting means hereinbefore described maybeadjusted very quickly and accurately to suit the frame in which itisdesigned to slide no matter whether there be a subsidence of such frameor not.

The dotted position of the door shown in the drawing will give an eXactidea of the change of position of the lever arms and rods when the dooris thrown back. The frame H will, of course, be at right angles to thedoor opening as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Y y

Vhat I claim as my invention 'Y 1. In a door hanger, the combinationwith the door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of a stubjshaftjournaled in the door, an arm connected to the ,stub shaft, a reverse4Ik.- shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm at thebottom, an adjusting device secured to the `head of the door frame and apivotal connection between the adjusting device and the upper end oftheL-shaped arm as and for the purpose specified. Y

2. In a door hanger, the combination with the door 'ai-1d suitableguide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an

arm connected to the stub shaft, a reverse Ainner edge of the door, anarbor journaled in the plate, an arm on the arbor, a rod connectingjsucharm tothe bottom of the arm on the stubmshaft journaled in thedoor, asecond rod pivotally connected to the lower end of the arm on theV arborand adjusting means secured to the head of the door frame and vpivotallyconnected to the rod connected to the arms on the arbor as and for thepurpose speci-lied.

1n a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitable guide-waystherefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to thestub shaft, a reverse lL- shaped arm connected to the lower end of theaforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjustingdevice secured to the `head ofthe door frame, a pivotal connection between the adjusting device andthe upper end of the l.- shaped arm, a double plate secured to the inneredge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate, meshing gears securedin the arbors, any arm secured onthe lower arbor, a rodconnecting thearm and lower arbor to the arm on theshaft journaled in the door, anadjusting device secured to the head of the frame, a rod connecting thearm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upperarbor, a rod connected to the upper' end of the arm and means for adjListing the rod vertically as and for the purpose specified. n

4. In a door hanger, the combination with the door 'and suitableguide-ways therefor', of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an armconnected to the stub shaft, a reverse l.- shaped arm connected to thelower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottoni, an adjusting devicesecured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between theadjusting device and the upper end of the L-,shaped arm, a double platesecured to the inner edge of the door, arbers journaled yin the plate,meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm securedo'n the lower arbor,

a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor 'to 'the larm on the lshaftjournaled in the door,

an adjusting devicev secured `to the head of the frame, a rod connectingthe arm on the lower arbor to the adjusting device, an arm on the upperarbor, a rod connected to the upper end yof thearm, a b ar supported inbrackets andpivotally connected to the depending rod Vand means foradjusting said bar vertically as and for the purpose specified.

5. in a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitableguide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an armconnected to the stub shaft, a reverse L- shaped arm connected to thelower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting devicesecured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between theadjusting device and the upper end of the L-shaped arm, a double platesecured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate,meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor,a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaftjournaled in the door, an adjusting device secured to the head of theframe, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjustingdevice, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end ofthe arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to thedepending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of thebar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar as and for thepurpose specified.

6. In a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitableguide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft j ournaled in the door, an armconnected to the stub shaft, a reverse L- shaped arm connected to thelower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting devicesecured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between theadjusting device and the upper end of the L- shaped arm, a double platesecured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate,meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor,a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaftjournaled in the door, an adjusting device secured to the head of theframe, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjustingdevice, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end ofthe arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to thedepending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of thebar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar and means foradjusting the bar longitudinally as and for the purpose specified.

T. ln a door hanger, the combination with the door and suitableguide-ways therefor, of a stub shaft journaled in the door, an armconnected to the stub shaft, a reverse-L- shaped arm connected to thelower end of the aforesaid arm at the bottom, an adjusting devicesecured to the head of the door frame, a pivotal connection between theadjusting' device and the upper end of the L- shaped arm, a double platesecured to the inner edge of the door, arbors journaled in the plate,meshing gears secured on the arbors, an arm secured on the lower arbor,a rod connecting the arm and lower arbor to the arm on the shaftjournaled in the door, an` adjusting device secured to the head of theframe, a rod connecting the arm on the lower arbor to the adjustingdevice, an arm on the upper arbor, a rod connected to the upper end ofthe arm, a bar supported in brackets and pivotally connected to thedepending rod, a screw rod extending through a hole on the end of thebar and provided with a nut thereon underneath the bar, a

screw spindle pivotally connected to the lower end of the bar andextending longitudinally therewith, a lug on the plate carrying thebracket on which the bar is supported and nuts on the screw spindle oneach side of the lug as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination with a door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of astub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, areverse L-shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm atthe bottom, a lever suitably fulcrumed, an arm pivotally connected tothe lever at one end and to the upper end of the L- shaped arm at theopposite end, a screw spindle pivotally connected to the arm attached tothe lever, a bracket through which such screw spindle extends andadjusting nuts on the screw spindle and a screw spindle pivotallyconnected to the opposite end of the lever, a bracket through which thescrew spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle as and forthe purpose specified.

9. The combination with a door and suitable guide-ways therefor, of astub shaft journaled in the door, an arm connected to the stub shaft, areverse L-shaped arm connected to the lower end of the aforesaid arm atthe bottom, a lever suitably fulcrumed, an arm pivotally connected tothe lever at one end and to the upper end of the L- shaped arm at theopposite end, a screw spindle pivotally connected to the arm attached tothe lever, a bracket through which such screw spindle extends andadjusting nuts on the screw spindle and a screw spindle pivotallyconnected to the opposite end of the lever, a bracket through which thescrew spindle extends and adjusting nuts on the screw spindle, an arborjournaled in suitable bearings attached to the back edge of the door, anarm on the arbor, a rod connecting the arm on the arbor to the arm onthe stub shaft journaled in the door, and a rod extending verticallyupwardly from the end of the arm on the arbor, a lever journaled insuitable bearings in the head of the door franie, an arm or linkconnecting the one end of the lever With the aforesaid Verticallyextending arni, a screw spindle connected to the arm, a bracket throughWhich the screw spindle eXtends` and adjusting nuts on the screw spindleon each side of the bracket and a screw spindle connected to theopposite end of the lever t0 that on which the arm or link is connected,a bracket through which such screw spindle extends 10 and adjusting nutson the screw spindle on each side of the bracket as and for the purposespeciiied.

HUGH TODD.

llitnesses B. BOYD, R. GOBAIN.

